Paul Aj Plante, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Columbia, SC
Paul Aj Plante, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1508825464, issued on Mar 20, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 15612, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Aj Plante
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 15612 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1750 Laurel St, Columbia, SC 29201
- Phone
- (803) 779-3378
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicaid ID
- 156128 SC
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Aj Plante in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 15612Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,115 Medicare Part D claims for 309 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 398 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Zolpidem Tartrate307 claims
- Alprazolam257 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium220 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen205 claims
- Omeprazole191 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate185 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,050.16
62 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Paul Aj Plante among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Paul Aj Plante, MD is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 60% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
269 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Columbia
They are 269 of the 11,200 NPPES records with a practice address in Columbia, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Paul Aj Plante, MD's NPI number?
Paul Aj Plante, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508825464, issued on Mar 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Aj Plante, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1750 Laurel St, Columbia, SC, 29201. Phone: (803) 779-3378. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Aj Plante, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 15612, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Paul Aj Plante, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Aj Plante, MD had 7,115 Medicare Part D claims for 309 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.